Amidst the flurry of new development languages, operating systems, and standards, it's often easy to lose sight of the big picture. There's no shortage of tools--but it is often real knowledge of how to use them that is lacking. In Enterprise Application Architecture with VB, ASP, and MTS, Joseph Moniz shares his expertise by presenting a far-reaching framework for large-scale development that may well change the way you program for the enterprise.
This is an advanced title for serious programmers and system architects. Unlike other works that focus on a particular tool or architecture, this book lays out Moniz's own--a framework called an Enterprise Caliber System--which is designed to deliver available, scalable, and secure solutions. He uses an n-tier model of distributed processing but also focuses on horizontal scalability within each tier.
Much of this lengthy hardcover is devoted to explaining his approach, but the author also takes you through creating a full-fledged enterprise management system that employs its techniques using Visual Basic, Active Server Pages (ASP), and other commercial tools. Moniz presents a fascinating four-dimensional data object model that is bound to open new development doors for many developers.
This title's layout is textbook style, with dense text and sample code in tiny type size. However, all of the code is also available on the publisher's Web site for download. Some technical books transform readers as well as instruct. This masterwork clearly has that characteristic. --Stephen W. Plain
Book Description
This book is about delivering professional Enterprise systems in Visual Basic 6. This book begins where Professional VB5/6 Business Objects left off. It offers a sophisticated response to the Business Objects book, and takes the dialog further. It also offers an aware response to the techno-political situation at the Enterprise level for Visual Basic. By definition, the task of delivering an enterprise is a huge undertaking. Microsoft's enterprise offerings have evolved to the point where they pose a serious threat to existing enterprise level platforms. Microsoft's promised lower total cost of ownership is driving many companies to replace at least a portion of their enterprise systems with Windows NT Enterprise Server and Back Office suite of servers. While there are many books that consider some portion or another of the enterprise, there few if any that address the enterprise as a whole while still providing the technical details developers and integration teams require for real-world execution and delivery. The information required to stitch together the components essential for an enterprise system can only be found scattered across several tens of manuals that span many disciplines. Managers and developers alike need a clear vision of what constitutes an enterprise system. This book is designed to consider the problem of delivering an enterprise as a whole. It covers hardware from a developer's perspective. It provides step-by-step installation and configuration instructions for Windows NT Cluster server and the Back Office suite of servers. Then it expands upon and improves the Professional Visual Basic 5.0 Object methodology.
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